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 Adventures
of Martin Hewitt
It has struck
me that many of my readers may wonder that,
although I have set down in detail a number of
interesting cases wherein Hewitt figured with
success, I have scarcely as much as alluded to
his failures. For failures he had, and of a fair
number. More than once he has found his search
met, perhaps at the beginning, perhaps after
some little while, by an impenetrable wall of
darkness through which no clue led. At other
times he has lost time on a false trail while
his quarry escaped. At others still the
stupidity or inaccuracy of some person upon whom
he has depended for information has set his
plans to naught. The reason why none of these
cases have been embodied in the present papers
is simply this; that a problem with no answer, a
puzzle with no explanation, an incident with no
satisfactory end, as a rule lends itself but
poorly to purposes of popular narrative, and it
is often difficult to make understood and
appreciated any degree of skill and acumen
unless it produces a clear and intelligible
result. That such results attended Hewitt's
efforts in an extraordinary degree those who
have followed my narratives so far will need no
assurance; but withal impossibilities still
remain impossibilities, for Hewitt as for the
dullest creature alive. On some other occasion I
may perhaps set out at length a case in which
Martin Hewitt achieved nothing more than
unqualified failure; for the present I shall
content myself with a case which, although it
was completely cleared up in the end, yet for
some while baffled Hewitt because of some of the
reasons I have alluded to...
  The
Red Triangle
I have already recorded many of the
adventures of my friend Martin Hewitt, but among
them there have been more of a certain few which
were discovered to be related together in a very
extraordinary manner; and it is to these that I
am now at liberty to address myself. There may
have been others—cases which gave no indication
of their connection with these; some of them
indeed I may have told without a suspicion of
their connection with the Red Triangle; but the
first in which that singular accompaniment
became apparent was the matter of Samuel's
diamonds. The case exhibited many interesting
features, and I was very anxious to report it,
with perhaps even less delay than I had thought
judicious in other cases; but Hewitt restrained
me.
"No, Brett," he said, "there is more to come of
this. This particular case is over, it is true,
but there is much behind. I've an idea that I
shall see that Red Triangle again. I may, or, of
course, I may not; but there is deep work going
on—very deep work, and whether we see more of it
or not, I must keep prepared. I can't afford to
throw a single card upon the table. So, as many
notes as you please, Brett, for future reference;
but no publication yet—none of your journalism!"...
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